This one was allllll WORK. Thanks to Alex Ross andf his brilliant design for Diana's KINGDOM COME armor.

The cover depicts Diana leading a charge of parademons from Apokolips into battle.

This piece shows one of the basics of composition and color theory, I think.... whatever your key element is, the one thing that is THE most important part of your piece, it can help you figure out what the hell to do with the rest of the piece. Since Alex's armor is bright and golden, I figgered that the parademons should be dark, purple, and flat.

I can deffinatly say that this is one of my FAVOURITE Wonder Woman images. Ever since I first saw the cover I was blown away. I think it truly captures the beauty,strength and power of the amazon princess.

Personally, after bringing that God-awful Red Robin costume into the mainstream DCU, I think that what happened in Kingdom Come should STAY in Kingdom Come. However, I can make a clear exception for this one, partially because I thought Hippolyta had an outfit just like this one in the main DCU, and partially because it's awesome (hey, you can never go wrong with a gilded Wonder Woman leading a bunch of alien monsters into battle, though that does raise all sorts of eyebrows.... [link] ).

For ME, it's about being BOLD. The more black and white contrast, the shinier the metallics will look. And if you keep the greatest contrast on your figure in the metallics (meaning, the greatest areas of blacks versus whites), the metal bits will seem realy shiny by comarison.

If you don't go bold, then your metallics wiull have the quality of satin or brushed aluminum. I know, I made the mistake a thousand times.